cranium
noun
the skull of a vertebrate.
crania
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pluralof cranium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Even if all the crania are identified and returned to the community, the university has a long way to go.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
On 3 February, the museum plans to lay the crania of 19 of the Black Philadelphians in the collection to rest in a historically Black cemetery.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 23, 2024
To construct the feeding behaviours and determine the relation between the mandible and trunk, the team examined the crania and lower jaws of the three groups, sourced from three different museums.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
“The placement and treatment of the crania are distinctly different from the burial tradition” in the hunter-gatherer graves located 330 feet to the north, Kjellström said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2018
He also exhibited to the reporter a number of other crania showing equal diversity of growth.
From How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony by William Windsor
